Candelária (Madalena)

Candelária
Civil Parish
The hedgerows dividing the vineyards in the civil parish of Candelária
Official name: Freguesia da Candélaria
Name origin: Portuguese for Candlemas
Country  Portugal
Autonomous Region  Azores
Island Pico
Municipality Madalena
Localities Biscoitos, Campo Raso, Candelária, Canada das Adegas, Canada Negra, Canto, Eira, Fogos, Guindaste, Mirateca, Monte, Pedras, Pocinho, Porto de Ana Clara, Porto do Calhau, São Nuno
Center Candelária
 - elevation 73 m (240 ft)
 - coordinates 38°27′51″N 28°30′49″W / 38.46417°N 28.51361°W / 38.46417; -28.51361Coordinates: 38°27′51″N 28°30′49″W / 38.46417°N 28.51361°W / 38.46417; -28.51361
Highest point Mount Pico
 - elevation 2,351 m (7,713 ft)
 - coordinates 38°28′19″N 28°51′50″W / 38.47194°N 28.86389°W / 38.47194; -28.86389
Lowest point Sea level
 - location Atlantic Ocean
 - elevation 0 m (0 ft)
Area 29.70 km2 (11 sq mi)
 - urban 1.01 km2 (0 sq mi)
Population 822 (2011)
Density 28 / km2 (73 / sq mi)
LAU Junta Freguesia
 - location Largo D. José Costa Nunes
 - coordinates 38°32′23″N 28°28′2″W / 38.53972°N 28.46722°W / 38.53972; -28.46722
President Junta Vitorino Rodrigues Dias
Timezone Azores (UTC-1)
 - summer (DST) Azores (UTC0)
Postal Zone 9950-126
Area Code & Prefix (+351) 292 XX XX XX
Patron Saint Nossa Senhora das Candeias
The location of the civil parish of Candélaria in the municipality of Madalena
Wikimedia Commons: Candelária (Madalena)
Geographic detail from CAOP (2010)[1] produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP)

Candelária is a civil parish located on the western coast of the island of Pico, in the municipality of Madalena in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 822,[2] in an area of 29.70 km².[3]

History

The bust of Cardinal José da Costa Nunes
The Church of Nossa Senhora da Candeias, located along the roadway between Monte and Mirateca

This was the birthplace of the late cardinal José da Costa Nunes.

Geography

Linked by the Regional E.R.1-1ª roadway to the parishes of Criação Velha (to the north) and São Caetano (to the southeast), the parish is primarily a coastal agricultural community. From the coast, for about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi), the parish comprises cultivatable lands and settlements, which starts sloping into higher altitudes, reaching its extreme at Ponta do Pico; the parish is basically a pie-shaped wedge, with 8.6 kilometres (5.3 mi) at its extreme, along the coast. Settled areas are divided equally between hedge-row-divided parcels and forested patches of land, with scrub and natural vegetation occupying higher altitudes.

In addition to central Candelária (which also encompasses the communities of Biscoitos, Alto and Eira) there are smaller hamlets within the borders that follow the regional roadway, such as: Monte, Mirateca and Campo Raso.

Architecture

Religious

References

  1. IGP, ed. (2010), Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Geográfico Português, retrieved 1 July 2011
  2. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  3. Eurostat
  4. Noé, Paula (2012), SIPA, ed., Igreja Paroquial de Candelária/Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Candeias (PT072005020005) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, retrieved 6 October 2012
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